Hero WOD

The weekend came and went all too fast. But overall it was a relaxing one indeed. Mom and I decided that this year we are going to take more time for ourselves and be a little selfish. Her and I are one in the same, in that we feel like we have a lot on our plate and stress a lot. Which is also why we feel like we are having a hard time losing more weight. So in order to help release some stress every month we are going to do something for ourselves. This past Saturday we decided to go get pedicures and went to dinner. It was exactly what I needed. I love spending quality time with mom and the last few months, that has been very hard to do. I look forward to being more selfish with her this year! J

I also for once had a weekend full of sleep. I decided to take a rest day Saturday morning and sleep in, probably got around 10 hours. Then Saturday, Jer went out with the boys, and I was in bed by 11 or so. Probably got around another 9+ hours of sleep. And Sunday I went to bed around 9:45. It was definitely necessary to get all this sleep this weekend. I felt a little more refreshed. And with school starting next Wednesday and my schedule being even more crazy than it already is, I’m going to try and get all the sleep I can now.

Sunday I went to the gym to partake in a Hero WOD with a bunch of friends from other CF boxes in the area. I love that we do this every 90 days or so, that way we can all keep in touch and see each other more.

Hero WOD “Wittman”
7 rounds of:
15 KB Swings (35#)
15 Power Cleans (65#)
15 Box Jumps (20”)
20:03

Going into this WOD, I wasn't planning on going all out. I wanted to really pace myself. My number one goal was to get all rounds of KB swings unbroken, which I accomplished. For the power cleans, I wanted to do these obviously in as few sets as possible. My rounds were something like this 10-5, 5-5-5, 3-2-3-2-3-2, 3-3-3-1-1-3, 3-3-3-3-3, etc. something like that. I felt my lower back start to tighten up around the fourth round, so I really tried to focus on form instead of speed. I took lots of breaths during those sets too, so my rest time added up quickly. My box jumps are another story. Currently I've had this fear of rebounding and box jumps, don't want an achilles injury. So I literally jump up, either stand it up or jump up and down to ensure my hips are open, then land, reset, then jump up again. If I went through all 7 rounds rebounding my jumps, that would've saved me a lot of time. My last round I did about 8 that I rebounded, then went back to restting. So, I obviously could've saved time on the box jumps and getting larger sets on the Power cleans. But I was ok with my time. I wasn't out to prove anything, just wanted to get a good workout in.